INDIANAPOLIS — Tuesday night was college basketball at its finest. Two titans of the sport, Kentucky and Michigan State, traded blows at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Just as Duke and Kansas, two more members of college basketball royalty, did in Game 2of the Champions Classic.
The Spartans surged late, winning 86-77 to hand the No. 4Wildcats their first loss of the 2022-23 campaign.
What a game it was.
The teams swapped the lead 10 times. There were 14 ties. And neither squad ever led by more than seven (Kentucky, 20-13, at the 8:41 mark of the first half).